Search for "we are where we are" speaker:Dessie Ellis (KildareStreet.com)

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: Discussion (29 Jan 2015): Dessie Ellis: ...the country. Why would one do it? This belongs to the people. I made clear earlier that the selling off of Aer Lingus and the State ending up with 25.1% has been a disaster for the country, but we are where we are. If we further lose our control here, we will leave it at the mercy of the markets. That would not be good for the country. It would not be good for business because IAG...

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